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The Sun
18 hours ago
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Former Chelsea star, 46, handed five-year ban from all football activity following dispute with Samuel Eto'o
FORMER Chelsea star Geremi has landed a five-year ban from football - after a dispute with fellow ex-Blue Samuel Eto'o. The Cameroon international won Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006 while at Stamford Bridge. 3 3 Midfielder Geremi also played for Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Real Madrid. The 46-year-old has headed the Cameroon players' union Synafoc in recent years. But the West African country's FA, Fecafoot, has now banned him from football until 2030, as well as fining him £13,000. Ex- Chelsea, Everton, Barcelona and Inter Milan star Eto'o, 44, is president of the association. Their dispute dates back to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast, when Geremi is said to have had a dressing-room row with one of Eto'o's staff. Fecafoot's ethics committee announced: "We declare Geremi Sorel Njitap, the president of Synafoc, guilty of breaking the behaviour rules of our code of ethics. "We sentence him to a ban from all forms of football activity for five years, and to a fine of ten million West African francs [£13,000]. "He has ten days to submit a written appeal." BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Geremi's assistant Daniel Blaise Ngos has meanwhile been banned for two years and fined £6,500 for his part in the dispute. The midfielder won 118 caps for Cameroon, scoring 13 goals for the Indomitable Lions. He helped them win Olympic gold in 2000, as well as two Africa Cups of Nations. A La Liga winner with Madrid in 2001, he also played for clubs in Paraguay, Turkey and Greece. He infamously split from wife Laure last year after DNA tests showed the two children he thought were his were fathered by her ex.
BBC News
13-05-2025
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Nunez ordered to serve ban after Cas rejects appeal
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been ordered to serve the remainder of a ban for his involvement in an altercation with fans while playing for sanction was confirmed as an appeal against the ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for August 2024, Nunez was banned by South American football's governing body Conmebol for five international games, and fined £15,145 ($20,000), for an incident with spectators after Uruguay were beaten by 25-year-old was seen physically confronting Colombia supporters in the stands after the final whistle in the Copa America semi-final in July 2024. Nunez served two matches of the ban before Cas agreed to temporarily lift the suspension in October 2024 while the case against him was investigated following an appeal by the Uruguay Football Association. Four other Uruguay players were also handed bans, and fined, for their involvement in the incident at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, USA, all of which have been now been served. Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, 27, received a four-game suspension. Napoli defender Mathias Olivera, 27, Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo, 26, and Atletico Madrid defender Jose Maria Gimenez, 30, received three-game appeal by the Uruguay FA had sought to annul or reduce the suspensions and fines on the grounds the players acted in self-defence, but that was dismissed by Cas."The panel found that in this case the principle of self-defence does not apply," said a statement from Cas. "The conduct of the players constituted a voluntary, violent and unjustified action which was in violation of the Conmebol disciplinary code."Nunez will now sit out Uruguay's World Cup qualifiers in Paraguay and at home to Venezuela next month, along with the match against Peru in September. What happened? Conmebol had originally opened an investigation into what they called "unacceptable" scenes following Uruguay's 1-0 defeat by broke out in a section of the stadium where many family members of the Uruguay players were had climbed railings and made his way into the crowded than 70,000 fans were at the game in Charlotte, with estimates suggesting more than 90% of the crowd was there in support of Colombia."There was no police and we had to defend our families," said Uruguay captain Gimenez at the time."This is the fault of two or three people who had a few too many drinks and don't know how to drink."Uruguay boss Marcelo Bielsa said his players deserved an apology from Colombia fans for the brawl."How can you not defend your mother, your sister, a baby?" Bielsa said in a press conference before his side's third-place play-off against Canada."If they did not do it, they would have been condemned by all of us."
